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Researchers compared AP students with observationally similar college students using statistical controls such as SAT® scores, high school GPA, and background characteristics. 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Depending on when students take their first AP exam, a majority of students who first score 2 or 1 take additional AP exams, and many then earn higher scores on subsequent exams.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":129,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":131,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":133,"site_id":62},314993,1789902445,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":136},{"doc_id":133,"user_id":137,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":138,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":139,"file_id":140,"file_url":141,"file_type":142,"file_size":143,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":14,"language":144,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":145,"faqs":146,"seo_title":147,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":134,"read_time":24,"preview_page_count":4},1099514068035,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_276721f389ce27ea32af1340a28f341c","JUNE 2021  \nNew Analyses of AP Scores of 1 and 2  \nBackground  \nStudents take rigorous AP® courses in high school, in part, for the chance to earn college credit and placement through a score of 3 or higher on the exam. New evidence now shows there are benefits to taking AP courseseven for students who don’t meet that threshold.  \nResearchers analyzed college enrollment records of approximately 1.5 million students and a subsample of 410,000 students for whom they had college grades, applying statistical controls to compare AP students to observationally similar college students. The findings show that AP students who earn scores of 1 and 2 have significantly stronger college outcomes than college students who did not take an AP course and exam.  \nAbout the Analyses  \nAP students may be more likely to attend college and succeed for many reasons in addition to their AP coursework. To account for these other factors, these analyses include statistical controls, including academic achievement (i.e., SAT® scores and high school GPA) and background characteristics (i.e., gender, race/ ethnicity, and first-generation college student status) . This method compares AP students’ college outcomes to observationally similar peers. Accordingly, these analyses do not make causal claims that AP course taking independently produces these results, but do provide a strong signal that students earning AP scores of  \n1 and 2 are likely to achieve better college outcomes than observationally similar students who did not take AP courses and exams.  \nFindings  \nKey Takeaway: AP students who earn a score of 1 or 2, or average a score of 1 or 2 across their AP Exams in high school, have better college outcomes than academically similar college students who did not take an AP course and exam.  \nFINDING \\#1: COLLEGE ENROLLMENT  \nAP students, including those with average scores of 1 or 2, are more likely to enroll in a four-year college compared to academically similar students who did not take AP in high school. AP students who average scores of 1 or 2 on their AP Exams are 16 and 19 percentage points, respectively, more likely to enroll in a four-year college than academically similar peers who did not take AP.  \nFOUR-YEAR COLLEGE ENROLLMENT PROBABILITIES, BY AVERAGE AP SCORE  \n AP Students  Similar Students with No AP  \nAverage AP Score of 1 Average AP Score of 2 Average AP Score of 3 Average AP Score of 4 Average AP Score of 5  \nNOTES: Probability of enrollment immediately after high school graduation is calculated for 1,560,229 students who graduated high school in 2017. Probabilities are calculated separately for the average student in each AP score sample conditional on gender, ethnicity, first-generation status, SAT score, and HSGPA.  \nFINDING \\#2: COLLEGE READINESS  \nStudents who earn AP scores of 2 are well prepared to succeed in introductory college coursework.  \nCompared to academically similar college peers who did not take the AP course, AP students who earn scores of 2 perform as well or better when they take those introductory college courses. For example, students taking Introductory Statistics in college who did not take AP Statistics earn, on average, a course grade of 3.03 in Introductory Statistics (see value in parentheses under horizontal axis label), while students with a score of 2 on the AP Statistics Exam earn, on average, a course grade of 3.39 in Introductory Statistics: a 0.36 boost in course grade.  \nCOURSE GRADE DIFFERENCE IN INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE COURSES AMONG AP STUDENTS SCORING A 2 RELATIVE TO ACADEMICALLY SIMILAR COLLEGE STUDENTS  \n0.36  \nStatistics (3.03)  \n0.15  \nMacroecon (2.96)  \n0.35  \nCalculus BC (2.67)  \n0.14  \nMicroecon (2.92)  \n0.35  \nCompSciA (3.07)  \n0.12  \nPsychology (3.09)  \n0.28  \nChemistry (2.82)  \n0.11  \nEuro History (3.00)  \n0.25  \nCalculus AB (2.74)  \n0.08  \nBiology (2.90)  \n0.24  \nPhysics 1 (2.81)  \n0.08  \nEnglish Lit (3.33)  \n0.16  \nUS History (2.97)  \n0.06  \nEnglish Lang (3.33)  \n0.15  \nHuman Geo (","cbCaibgyNmVrhMsA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibgyNmVrhMsA","pdf",725187,"English","# Background\n# About the Analyses\n# Findings\n## Finding #1: College Enrollment\n## Finding #2: College Readiness\n## Finding #3: Pathways and Progress","[{\"question\":\"What does the analysis conclude about AP students scoring 1 or 2?\",\"answer\":\"AP students earning scores of 1 or 2 show better college outcomes than academically similar students who did not take AP courses and exams.\"},{\"question\":\"How do AP score 1–2 students differ in four-year college enrollment?\",\"answer\":\"AP students with average scores of 1 or 2 are 16 and 19 percentage points more likely, respectively, to enroll in a four-year college than similar peers without AP.\"},{\"question\":\"How does an AP score of 2 relate to performance in introductory college courses?\",\"answer\":\"AP students scoring 2 perform as well or better than similar peers without AP, with examples showing higher average course grades in introductory subjects.\"},{\"question\":\"Do students with early AP scores of 1 or 2 continue taking more AP exams?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. Depending on when students take their first AP exam, a majority of students who first score 2 or 1 take additional AP exams, and many then earn higher scores on subsequent exams.\"}]","New Analyses of AP Scores of 1 and 2 - Key Findings - June 2021 | PDF"]